Tag: ehr
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HIMSS: Don’t delay MU Stage 2, but give providers more time to attest
Stage 2 of Meaningful Use should start as scheduled, but the attestation period for its first year should be extended, according to the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). read more Source: HIMSS: Don’t delay MU Stage 2, but give providers more time to attest
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Intermountain innovation lab to focus on making care more patient-centric
A patient room of the future with 3-D printing, handwashing sensors and “life detectors” aren’t tools out of some futuristic movie–they’re all part of Intermountain Healthcare’s new Healthcare Transformation Lab, which launched this week, the 22-hospital health system announced. read more Source: Intermountain innovation lab to focus on making care more patient-centric
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Researchers: Ensure management transparency when moving to a cloud-based EHR
Healthcare providers that plan to use cloud-based services to host their electronic health records should first audit such providers via an external company to help build a relationship of trust, according to a new study published this week in the Journal of Medical Internet Research. read more Source: Researchers: Ensure management transparency when moving to…
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Hospital beefs up EHR audits after firing snooping nurse
A nurse at Ontario’s Norfolk General Hospital has been fired after the hospital discovered she had been improperly accessing patients’ medical records in the hospital’s electronic health record system for the past nine years, in violation of Canada’s Personal Information Protection Act. read more Source: Hospital beefs up EHR audits after firing snooping nurse
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EHR-generated scores may predict, reduce readmission risk
Electronic health records may be helpful in reducing unplanned hospital readmissions by generating health risk scores that can automatically assess which patients are most at risk for returning after discharge. read more Source: EHR-generated scores may predict, reduce readmission risk
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Virginia’s Medicaid panel meets, but covers little new ground
During a Monday planning meeting, a Virginia Medicaid policymaking panel examined what other states are doing in terms of expanding the program. Hundreds of conservative activists who oppose this health law provision rallied at the state capitol. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130821/Virginias-Medicaid-panel-meets-but-covers-little-new-ground.aspx
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Viewpoints: Republican patient takes GOP health message to task; the deadlines the administration has missed
In recent months, President Obama and his subordinates have waived or delayed a number of Obamacare’s notable features, such as the law’s employer mandate, and its procedures for protecting taxpayers from fraud and identity theft. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130821/Viewpoints-Republican-patient-takes-GOP-health-message-to-task3b-the-deadlines-the-administration-has-missed.aspx
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Apps for Toddlers
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Nearly 8M young adults enrolled in parent’s health plan gains coverage under Affordable Care Act
An estimated 7.8 million of the 15 million young adults who were enrolled in a parent’s health plan last year likely would not have been eligible for this coverage without the health reform law’s dependent coverage provision, according to a new Commonwealth Fund survey. Source: Nearly 8M young adults enrolled in parent’s health plan gains…
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GAO: Postal health plan could add to retired workers’ costs, impact Medicare
The proposal to opt out of the federal health plan would save billions of dollars but could bring uncertainties for employees. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130821/GAO-Postal-health-plan-could-add-to-retired-workers-costs-impact-Medicare.aspx